i need your own opinion/ explanation?

Question

why could you:

1. Call a woman a kitten, but never a cat;

2. You can call her a mouse, cannot call her a rat;

3. Call a woman a chicken, but never a hen;

4. You can call her a duck, cannot call her a goose;

5. You can call her a deer, but never a moose;

6. You can call her a lamb but never a sheep;

7. Economic she lives, but you can't call her cheap.

8. You can say she's a vision, can't say she's a sight;

9. And no woman's skinny, she's slender and slight.

10. If she should burn you up, say she sets you afire,


^oh, please, please, please, pretty please??

Answer 1

1. How about Batman's Cat Woman?
2 Mice are cuter and smaller than ugly rats.
3 Hen would refer that she "cackles'" a lot. (Old Mother Hen)
4 Geese are bigger and more bulky than ducks, They also honk real loud and voices are not a pleasing as the 'quack' of a duck.
5Moose would refer to some one who is big and clumsy
6Little lambs are sweet and adorable. Ever smelt a sheep?
7 Frugal! Frugal is the word. If she cheep, it implies she's easy.
8 Well, you could say she's "a sight for sore eyes" which would mean she is appealing to look at
9 skinny means unhealthy. Slender and slight like a model. Most of them are anorexic anyway!

10 fire can damage as well as keep warm.

Answer 2

1. Cat -> catty -> mean
2. Rat -> gross
3. Hen -> doesn't go along with "You're such a chicken" -> chicken being 'scaredy-cat'
4. Goose ->is it there because it rhymes with moose?
5. Deer -> dear
6. Lamb -> impression of gentle, loving, cute animal
7. Cheap ->rude, frugal is better
8. Sight -> what a sight! -> kinda goes along with UGH!
9. Skinny -> Skin & Bones, whereas slender sounds elegant
10. H*ll hath no fury like a woman scorned

I had fun; clever riddle. Actually, it's just wordplay. But oh well

Answer 3

Though the words are similar their slang meanings are different. If you say someone "is a vision" you are holding them in awe because they are stunning. If someone is "a sight" that means they are a mess.

All of these have a different spin on perception, though some of the terms seem similar.